Columbia County residents who are in the path of a three-mile extension of River Watch Parkway are concerned about the long-term damage construction could cause to their property, health and the environment because of possible soil and stream contamination.

The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Man in truck stealing mail

A Grovetown man called authorities March 9 after he saw a stranger steal his mail.

The 69-year-old man said that at about 11 a.m., he saw a man in a 1990s model black Dodge truck pull up to his mailbox and steal the outgoing mail. He said the truck had a loud exhaust and was driven by a white man who appeared to be in his 20s with long sideburns and dark hair.

The classic rock rhythms of Paul McCartney and Wings’ Let Me Roll It drifted out of a home near Lake Olmstead on March 10. The living room was crowded with chairs, drums, amplifiers, speakers and instruments. Musicians hunkered into spaces between strewn cords and equipment.

The members of Ed Turner and Number 9 were oblivious as they rehearsed, swaying and playing together, enthralled by the song like seven men immersed in the same dream. They show approval of a great note or nice rift with a simple smile or raised eyebrow.

A new foundry nearing completion at GIW Industries will prime the Grovetown facility to meet rising global demand in the mining industry.

The 50,000-square-foot white-iron foundry will open in April and become fully operational this summer, said Pamela Aaron, a brand manager for GIW.

Under construction since early 2014, the 72-foot-tall foundry will house new heat treatment and melting furnaces, sand silos and six cranes to accommodate the large-scale slurry pumps produced at the site, according to the GIW Vice President of Operations Thomas Mueller.

A growing, thriving region bolstered by new missions headed to Fort Gordon was the topic of an Army listening session Tuesday intended for discussion on military force reductions that will cause posts across the nation to lose troops.

Some Evans residents will be without water on Tuesday because of a road widening project.

Water service to homes and businesses along Washington Road between Halali Farm Road and Hardy McManus Road will be temporarily suspended from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The residents most affected by the water loss will be on the 4800 block of Washington Road and all the residents in the Villages at Greenbrier subdivision.

The temporary water loss is to allow for crews to relocate a 10-inch main water line as part of the widening of Washington Road.